Viking Foundation of Lincoln
Historical FunderLincoln, Nebraska · EIN 45-4491142 · Private foundation · Website
Grants paid (2025)$152K
Organizations funded34
Typical grant$5,000
Total assets$1.8M
Half of its grants to organizations were between $4,000 and $5,000.
From the return
How to apply
The foundation filed the following application information (Form 990-PF Part XV, tax year 2025):
| Contact | STEVEN A EGGLAND |
|---|---|
| Address | 6039 HIDCOTE DRIVE, LINCOLN NE 68516 |
| Phone | 4022023090 |
| Form and materials | ON WEBSITE - HTTP://VIKINGFOUNDATION.WEBS.COM |
| Deadlines | NOVEMBER 1ST ANNUALLY |
| Restrictions | SEE WEBSITE |
Copied as filed. Deadlines on a tax return describe the foundation's usual process; they are not confirmation of a current open cycle.
What it funds
Share of grant lines on the latest return, classified from the purpose each grant states.
Where it gives
44% of grants went outside Nebraska.
Grants paid in tax year 2025
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Children's Cancer Connection | Johnston, IA | Support day camp, which is no cost to the pediatric cancer patients. | $7,500 |
| Extreme Community Makeover | Denver, CO | Coordinate volunteer teams to partner with denver residents to improve their homes and neighborhoods. | $6,000 |
| Volunteers for Outdoor Colorado | Denver, CO | Motivates and enables people to become active stewards of colorado's natural resources. | $6,000 |
| Des Moines Refugee Support | Norwalk, IA | Provide organized sports activities for refugees. | $5,000 |
| Everybody Wins Iowa | Des Moines, IA | Increases children's success in school through 1 to 1 reading and mentoring experiences with volunteers. | $5,000 |
| Girls on the Run | Lincoln, NE | Provides excercise and education to girls to foster confidence, joy and health. | $5,000 |
| Nebraska Appleseed | Lincoln, NE | Helps low-income people solve complex issues such as poverty, child welfare, affordable health care and immigration policy. | $5,000 |
| Nebraska Children & Families Foundation | Lincoln, NE | Creates positive change for foster children-siblings through camping and other reunion experiences. | $5,000 |
| By Degrees | Des Moines, IA | To support low-income students' travel experiences for 8th graders in des moines public schools. | $5,000 |
| Foster Squad | Ankeny, IA | Supports equip hub which connects foster families with essential items, e.g., baby gear, clothing, etc. | $5,000 |
| Iowa Gardening for Good | Madrid, IA | To help purchase a refrigerated truck to transport fresh produce from their farm. | $5,000 |
| Bookgive | Denver, CO | Provide books for households in spanish, spanish-english, chinese & african languages for low-income children and seniors. | $5,000 |
| Grow Local Colorado | Denver, CO | Purchase more tools and equipment for neighborhoods and organizations, to support food-relief organizations. | $5,000 |
| Maria Droste Counseling Center | Denver, CO | Replace funding caused by government shifts. funding would cover school partnership fees. | $5,000 |
| Revel | Denver, CO | Start a vocational readiness and employment skills initiative for 14 autistic young adults. | $5,000 |
| Aclu of Nebraska | Lincoln, NE | Funding is a targeted awareness and engagement campaign through ad development, placement, digital, etc. | $5,000 |
| Belmont Community Center | Lincoln, NE | Purchase a 15-passenger van to transport children in their program to field trips and offsite activities. | $5,000 |
| Branched Oak Observatory | Raymond, NE | No cost field trips exposing the science of the universe for lps students K-12, not just catholic schools. | $5,000 |
| Lincoln Literacy | Lincoln, NE | Supports improving literacy and workplace skills through english instruction plus child care help and transportation. | $5,000 |
| Lincoln Music Teachers Assn | Roca, NE | To pay music outreach teachers and provide instruments and their upkeep to students. | $5,000 |
| Lincoln Public Schools Career Academy | Lincoln, NE | To support a pilot project for high school special ed students interested in early childhood education. | $5,000 |
| Mourning Hope | Lincoln, NE | Bring comfort and hope to children, adults and families before and after a death at no cost to bereaved. | $4,000 |
| We Can Do This | Lincoln, NE | Mission focuses primarily on diminishing child hunger through free meals. | $4,000 |
| Morgan Adams Foundation | Denver, CO | Funding for families who are facing a pediatric cancer diagnosis and need assistance to keep their current home. | $4,000 |
| Prodigy Ventures | Denver, CO | Support for frontline managers certificate program, an extension of the apprentice program for low-income individuals. | $4,000 |
| Lincoln International Fc | Lincoln, NE | Support soccer program costs, i.e., equipment, transportation, meals, mentorship activities, for underserved kids. | $4,000 |
| Lincoln Hygiene Network | Hickman, NE | Purchase first aid kit supplies and hygiene items. | $3,000 |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Midlands | Omaha, NE | Recruit, train & support mentors and to match activities and opportunities for the program's youth. | $3,000 |
| Bravebe Child Advocacy Center | Lincoln, NE | To purchase educational books and resources for their child-clients and caregivers. | $3,000 |
| Court Appointed Special Advocates | Lincoln, NE | To replenish the casa kids activity fund for extra curricular activities for foster children. | $3,000 |
| Fitting Futures | Lincoln, NE | To purhcase, program, and install laptops, monitors, software and scanners to automate inventory system. | $3,000 |
| Friendship Home of Lincoln | Lincoln, NE | For over the counter meds, health-related supplies, etc for survivors and their children. | $3,000 |
| The Iowa Center | Des Moines, IA | Provide low to moderate-income people, minorities and women with knowledge and support to get them ready to start businesses. | $2,500 |
| Miscellaneous | Lincoln, NE | Miscellaneous charitable contributions. | $2,000 |
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants paid | Grant lines |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $152,000 | 34 |
| 2024 | $125,450 | 27 |
| 2023 | $112,612 | 28 |
Sources
- IRS Form 990-PF, tax year 2025, filed May 6, 2026 - IRS e-file batch, object ID 202621269349100627
- IRS Tax Exempt Organization Search for EIN 45-4491142
- Profile updated Nov 5, 2026
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